A clash of steel, a thud of hoofs

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A clash of steel, a thud of hoofs
by Robert E. Howard

First published in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, vol. 1 (2007), where it appears in a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, July 30, 1923.

1893961A clash of steel, a thud of hoofsRobert E. Howard

A clash of steel, a thud of hoofs,
A thundering Tatar drum.
The last Sikh whipped his saber free,
“Rung Ho! The Mongols come!”


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